2015 Earth’s hottest year on record : NOAA and NASA
Q. 2015 has been the hottest year in ______ years of record keeping according to NOAA and NASA:- Published on 22 Jan 16a. 134
b. 135
c. 136
d. 137
ANSWER: 136
Last year was not just the hottest year on record as it has left a century of high temperature marks within the dust. National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration and NASA have announced 2015 as the hottest year in 136 years of record keeping. NOAA has indicated that 2015 temperature was 58.62 degrees Fahrenheit passing 2014 by record margin of 0.29 degrees. This is 1.62 degrees above the 20th century average. NASA indicated that 2015 was 0.23 degrees warmer than the record set in 2014. On account of the wide margin over 2014, NASA calculated 2015 was a record with 94% certainty and double the certainty in 2015 when announcing 2014 as a record. 2015 marks the fourth time in 11 years that earth broke annual marks for high temperature. Scientists have said the combination of El Nino and man made global warming together have added a third of the degree of warming to Earth’s temperature.
